Ansley
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English
Alternative forms
- (female given name) Anslee
Etymology
From Old English ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .
Proper noun
Ansley (countable and uncountable, plural Ansleys)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in North Warwickshire district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2991).
- An unincorporated community in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- A township and village therein, in Custer County, Nebraska, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
- (countable) A female given name transferred from the surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ansley is the 9038th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3615 individuals. Ansley is most common among White (74.63%) and Black/African American (20.39%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ansley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 43.